Bookbinding.



MAX S. MOLL, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

BOOKBINDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed December 28,1905. Serial No. 293.679.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX S. MOLL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improveinent in Bookbinding, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a device by which a book can be easily pulled frorn the shelf.

Figure l shows the 4outside of the book. On both sides of the book, near the junction of the cover, two incisions (marked a a) are niade. Through these incisions a strip of leather or any other suitable material is pulled to the inside of the book, so that enough of the strip remains on the outside to forni a loop, (marked b.) Instead of the leather loop there may also be used a ring or any other appliance attached to the back of the book by which the book can be pulled from the shelf, as shown in Eig. 3.

Fig. 2 shows the inside of the book. a marks the incision through which the strap l) is pulled and shows how the strap is fastened to the cover of the book. The strap can also be fastened tothe outside of the cover, thus Inaln'ng the incisions needless. In pulling out books from a shelf it is at present necessary to take hold of the book by the top of the back and jerk it from the shelf. It is also at present necessary to rnake the shelf several inches higher than the book to enable a person to get a hold of the book which he intends to pull out. By 'this process the back of the book soon gets out of shape and torn, a thing which can easily be observed in all libraries.

l clairnd 1. A book-cover having on each side a slit near the hinge between the cover and back and parallel to the hinge, and a strap having its ends drawn through the slits and fastened on the inside of the covers.

2. A book-cover provided with a book-pull consisting of a strap across the back of the book, said cover having a slit on each side near the hinge between the side board and back and parallel to the hinge, said strap having its ends drawn through the slits forming a loop across the'back, and fastened on the inside of the side boards.

MAX S. MOLL.

Vitnesses:

ALEX. Ross, E. R. PATCHEN. I, 

